Archive: February 2024

Men’s Club Presents: Men, Meat & Midrash with Milt’s

Posted on February 5, 2024

February 5, 2024 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm – We are greatly honored to have Rabbi Siegel with us for our current session of Meat, Men and Midrash with Milts.  Rabbi Siegel’s topic for the evening will be: Jewish Views on the Ethics of War: Israel is in a just war, but is it fighting justly? We will explore our traditions approach to a just […]

Israeli Folk Dance Workshop with Lin Batsheva Kahn

Posted on February 7, 2024

February 7, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Enjoy Israeli folk dancing taught by Lin Batsheva Kahn, professional choreographer and dance professor at DePaul University.  No dance training is needed to connect through movement and music with simple steps and rhythms in these group dances. Cost is $12 for this final session. Register here  

Sisterhood Presents: Under G-D Documentary

Posted on February 8, 2024

February 8, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – Please join Sisterhood for a screening and discussion of “Under G-d,” a documentary short film about a Jewish response to the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization U.S. Supreme Court decision.  Woven through the lived experiences of impacted Jewish women, the film explores lawsuits launched by rabbis, Jewish organizations and interfaith leaders to challenge the […]

Enjoy Your Day Off with AES!

Posted on February 9, 2024

February 9, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm – Anshe Emet will be hosting our Day Off program for Kindergarten through fourth graders while CPS is closed.  We will be crafting, having indoor gym and movement activities, and more! Breakfast, Lunch and two snacks will be provided. This program will be from 9am to 5pm. Pricing: Member: $70/per child Non-Member: $100/per child If you […]

Men’s Club Presents: World Wide Wrap

Posted on February 11, 2024

February 11, 2024 @ 8:15 am – Come and be bound up in the Mitzvah of Tefillin. It’s a wrap every February as the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs lead Conservative/Masorti congregations all over the world on the same Sunday morning in learning about and participating in the mitzvah of putting on tefillin. Instruction and history about tefillin will begin at 8:15 […]

HaZaK

Posted on February 12, 2024

February 12, 2024 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – HOKHMAH (WISDOM) ZIKNAH (MATURITY) KADIMAH (LOOKING AHEAD) HaZaK is an Anshe Emet daytime program for mature adults with active minds. Co-taught by our clergy and other community educators, this year HaZaK is focusing on Jewish Ethics with the Melton curriculum “Ethics of Jewish Living.” Generously funded by Beatrice Mayer, z”l.

Jewish Disability Awareness & Inclusion Shabbat with Special Guest, Rena Rosen

Posted on February 17, 2024

February 17, 2024 @ 9:30 am – Our Topic for JDAIM Shabbat will be: Tikkun Olam—Shifting Perspective and Attitudes to Embrace a Community Where Everyone Belongs Rena Rosen will read a story about inclusion to the Shalom Shabbat group, talk with Shabbat HaNoar, and give a D’var Torah in the Sanctuary. Rena was born with craniofacial differences and has had many surgeries […]

Teen Havdalah and Movie Night! 

Posted on February 17, 2024

February 17, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm – 7th-12th graders: Join us for a teen Havdalah & movie night! We will begin with Havdalah at 6PM. After Havdalah we will be enjoying a pizza dinner and a special build your own candy bag bar (and of course popcorn) to enjoy during the movie. We will be voting for what movie to watch! Tickets: […]

HaZaK

Posted on February 19, 2024

February 19, 2024 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – HOKHMAH (WISDOM) ZIKNAH (MATURITY) KADIMAH (LOOKING AHEAD) HaZaK is an Anshe Emet daytime program for mature adults with active minds. Co-taught by our clergy and other community educators, this year HaZaK is focusing on Jewish Ethics with the Melton curriculum “Ethics of Jewish Living.” Generously funded by Beatrice Mayer, z”l.

Movie Night: America

Posted on February 20, 2024

February 20, 2024 – February 21, 2024 @ 12:00 pm – 11:00 pm – An Israeli swimming tutor living in Chicago returns to Israel after 10 years of absence to bury his father. An encounter with a beloved childhood friend and his newly engaged girlfriend will set a series of events in motion that will affect everyone’s lives. A story set between a flower shop and an ancient monastery, […]